African-American music

provides an accurate and detailed time lapse of how african americans continue to be the main ingredient to mass incarceration within the U.S. In the documentary, the process of dehumanization within the general african american public is shown as early as the aftermath of the civil war. After the civil war, slaves were released into…

Black people in St. Louis have contributed to art in a way that is like no other. Their constant longing to create new ideas and ways of expressing themselves is America’s “saving grace”. While black artists, specifically in the music business, created the unique American “cultural” experience as we know it today, America has seem to have forgotten that black people are her creators. Singer, songwriter and actress Stephanie Mills said it best , “They want to hear R&B, Jazz and Gospel, but they…

unarmed African American boy, wearing a hoody was a threat and subsequently shot him. Regardless of what political orientation or race one is, there is only one reason Zimmerman considered Martin a threat, because of his race .Race matters because it is the skeleton which certain beliefs, attitudes, opinions, assumptions, and biased conclusions are shaped. The failure for Zimmerman to be acquitted for the murder of Trayvon martin highlights the failure of democracy towards African Americans, and…

outsider and became an American poet icon. That is James Mercer Langston Hughes pioneers of the literary art form called jazz poetry. Langston Hughes wrote for not just the African-American people, but for everyone who were, sat aside from the American dream. After analyzing a few of Hughes poems, his themes for expressing his personal life and struggles as an African-American people. The continuing 1920’s conflict for equality, social justice and a chance at the American dream. Exploring the…

popular music stands out as a particularly powerful mode of expressive culture there. In addition, the writer states that Brazil is one of the world’s six largest musical market. In “A Song for All Seasons” part, the writer states that the title of the present introduction and the lyric that serves as an extended epigraph come from a 1959 song that captures and synthesizes in unassuming fashion several long standing concerns of musicians, critics, and listeners of Brazilian popular music with…

cultural unity and history through the African American Culture. Unfortunately, Rap and Hip-Hop and the frustrations and political advocacy it conveys through music and films have been associated with violence and incompetence in society (Blanchard 1999). This stigma has affected the way that African-Americans are seen in cinema and how they are treated in their professional lives. The documentary, Do the Right thing relates the prejudice African Americans face in the corporate world in Musing…

To millions of Americans, jazz was the most notable part of the Harlem Renaissance. Borrowing from blues, ragtime, and other popular forms, jazz musicians developed an ensemble style in which individual performers, keeping a rapid ragtime beat, improvised over and around a basic melodic line (Henretta 674). Such as all good music it has a way of bringing people together. Most of the early jazz musicians were black, but white…

light of recent events around the country concerning African American men and young boys I decided to join this organization to lend my voice for peace, justice and understanding. In the words of Malala Yousafzi, “I raise up my voice-not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” One can look back to the earliest times of our country’s existence and find an infinite amount of injustices acted upon African-Americans, from the Dred Scott Case in 1857 to the Charleston…

Till this day, the media has an influential power today in American mainstream society. The image of what is “truly” beautiful and how one displays it, has become altered throughout the years. What has been accepted within black culture, has had trouble appealing to this certain image of beauty in society and the media. A ton of the pictures seen on TV, magazines, boards, and on TV have enduring impressions. Certain images and lifestyles have been praised more than others, creating trends, while…

all come on different ships, but we 're in the same boat now.” This belief of equality inspires millions of people everyday, but before King there was Langston Hughes. Hughes, a poet during the 1920’s, living around the world and supporting African-Americans particularly for equality in America. Hughes is a prolific equality activist, implementing his anger, depression, culture, and oppression in his poems. Langston Hughes’s family, specifically his father, helped and encouraged Hughes to…